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    "id": 1566087,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1566087/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Hanna Cheptumo",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to make some recommendations for consideration. Firstly, for the Ministry to effectively operationalize protection centres, including police care, there is need for increased funding. Currently, the protection against domestic violence is in progress. It is being spearheaded by the Kenya Law Reform, supported by the Attorney-General's Office. We are therefore seeking for consideration to be passed as an Act of Parliament, once it has gone through the entire processes. We consider additional funds to operationalize GBV protection centres under NGAAF. The gender-related targets should be part of performance contracting, including gender targets in performance contracting. In Kenya, it is crucial for advancing gender equality and fulfilling national and international requirements. Performance contracts compel ministries, departments and agencies to actively implement gender-related policies, and for tracking of the same. So, with the gender targets included, institutions are held accountable for translating policy into measurable action, and integrating targets in performance contracting is not just a compliance issue. It is a strategic tool to foster equitable, inclusive and efficient governance. It moves gender equality from rhetoric to results, ensuring Government institutions contribute to transformational change for women, men, girls and boys across Kenya. There is also the establishment of the Survivors Fund as per of the Generation Equality Forum in partnership with the private sector. The arms of some of the survivors have been mutilated. The Survivors Fund will ensure that such survivors have life after what they have gone through. Those are some of the recommendations we are bringing on board. We want this Ministry and the sector to be supported because it goes to the core of the family. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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